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/ryan ticket -- supporters to the romney/ryan ticket. >> we want to be held accountable for the promises we made last night and the night before paul ryan and i spoke about what we'll do if we become vice president and president. >> reporter: romney flew to new orleans to see damage from hurricane isaac and meet with first responders. >> got a lot of questions for you, here to learn and obviously draw some attention to what's going on here so that people around the country know you folks need help. >> reporter: the obama campaign was also on the road and taking issue with the republican speeches in tampa. vice president biden met with uaw workers in the battleground state of ohio. he refuted republican vp nominee paul brian's claim that president obama didn't keep his promise -- paul ryan's claim that president obama didn't keep his promise when the plant shut down. >> what he didn't tell you was the plant in janesville actually closed when president bush was still in office. >> reporter: president obama addressed troops in el paso, texas, thanked them for their sacrifice and if reelecte
/ryan ticket -- supporters to the romney/ryan ticket. >> we want to be held accountable for the promises we made last night and the night before paul ryan and i spoke about what we'll do if we become vice president and president. >> reporter: romney flew to new orleans to see damage from hurricane isaac and meet with first responders. >> got a lot of questions for you, here to learn and obviously draw some attention to what's going on here so that people around the country...
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. >> in ohio, the romney, ryan ticket brought along a republican star power. >> we are all going to work very, very hard to make sure that vision and that leadership and that integrity that we see in mitt romney and paul ryan is available to america in these troubled times. >> voters heard a much different message from vice president biden in colorado. >> the president and i intend to keep this momentum moving and lead this nation forward. >> with polls showing each candidate announcing a win in the first two debates, next week's final showdown is a must win. elizabeth cordin, 9news now. >> romney is scheduled to hold a rally tonight at 5:30. the next debate will be on monday in florida. lesli. >>> some montgomery county parents are shaking their heads in disbelief after the people they entrusted to care for their children let them down. >> i'm andrea mccarren in bethesda where the state is investigating a local daycare center. after four toddlers wandered away unnoticed, until a good samaritan brought them back. >> there was a man who brought him home. i would like to know who he is. i
. >> in ohio, the romney, ryan ticket brought along a republican star power. >> we are all going to work very, very hard to make sure that vision and that leadership and that integrity that we see in mitt romney and paul ryan is available to america in these troubled times. >> voters heard a much different message from vice president biden in colorado. >> the president and i intend to keep this momentum moving and lead this nation forward. >> with polls showing...
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. >> i truly believe that the american people will reject romney and ryan for attempting to impose to the american people what the republican congress has been preaching. >> while the president hit seven iowa cities in the next three days, governor romney remains in the must-win state of florida. which also happens to be hosting the republican national convention later this month. stacey cohen, 9news now. >> the department of agriculture intends to buy $170 million worth of pork, chicken, and cat fish. the government says all of the purchases will go to food banks. a white house official calls it a win/win idea with farmers getting the opportunity to sell more products at a critical time and taxpayers receiving a better price on food that would have been purchased later. >>> the president once saw paul ryan as a man he could work with and mitt romney says his running mate has a unique ability to reach across the aisle. but one of the democrats who knows ryan best blasts him as anything but a compromiser. >> hey, how are you? good to see you. >> maryland congressman, chris. >> i have g
. >> i truly believe that the american people will reject romney and ryan for attempting to impose to the american people what the republican congress has been preaching. >> while the president hit seven iowa cities in the next three days, governor romney remains in the must-win state of florida. which also happens to be hosting the republican national convention later this month. stacey cohen, 9news now. >> the department of agriculture intends to buy $170 million worth of...
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he said that the romney/ryan administration would turn things around and create jobs. of course, the democrats disagree with that and say they need more time to get the economy back on track. today inside it was really a who's who of all the local gops, even attorney general ken cuccinelli coming up sharing the stage with paul ryan. we'll have more on that coming up at 7:00. of course, virginia an extremely important swing state with most of the votes right here in northern virginia. i'm peggy fox reporting live in springfield, back to you. >> thank you. on that note new polling this week shows the race for virginia is still a dead heat. it was released by purple strategies and shows 48% of likely virginia voters would pick mitt romney and paul ryan, 45% would choose the president and vice president again, but 8% of the voters in the commonwealth say they are still undecided. >>> the last effort to keep maryland's congressional redistricting map off the ballot failed. today the state court of appeals rejected the maryland democratic party's request to stop the referend
he said that the romney/ryan administration would turn things around and create jobs. of course, the democrats disagree with that and say they need more time to get the economy back on track. today inside it was really a who's who of all the local gops, even attorney general ken cuccinelli coming up sharing the stage with paul ryan. we'll have more on that coming up at 7:00. of course, virginia an extremely important swing state with most of the votes right here in northern virginia. i'm peggy...
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. >> reporter: the president says the romney/ryan plan will force seniors to pay an additional $6,000 a year. randall pinkston, cbs news washington. >> mitt romney's running mate will be in virginia tomorrow. congressman paul ryan will visit deep run high school in glen allen in the morning. tomorrow afternoon he'll attend a victory rally at west springfield high school. >>> both presidential candidates will not run campaign ads on september 11th. they are honoring request from a group that promotes september 11th as a national day of service. mygoodday.org told the candidates the day should be about unity, not politics. in 2008 ads were also pulled on 9/11. >>> some disappointing news on the job front, the number of americans filing for unemployment jumped slightly last week. an additional 2,000 people filed for benefits. the economy improved slightly in july after falling into a midyear slump. there were 163,000 jobs added last month, the highest since february. >>> plenty of work for firefighters in the western u.s. tonight. we'll have a look at their efforts and the help they're g
. >> reporter: the president says the romney/ryan plan will force seniors to pay an additional $6,000 a year. randall pinkston, cbs news washington. >> mitt romney's running mate will be in virginia tomorrow. congressman paul ryan will visit deep run high school in glen allen in the morning. tomorrow afternoon he'll attend a victory rally at west springfield high school. >>> both presidential candidates will not run campaign ads on september 11th. they are honoring request...
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vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> you see them weekday nights here on wusa9 and in december david letterman will receive one of the highest cultural honors in this country. he is one of seven people receiving kennedy center honors. actor dustin hoffman, buddy guy, natalia makarova and john paul jones, jimmy page and robert plant who may be better known as led zeppelin are the others. >>> johns hopkins is 13th on the u.s. news and world reports annual ranking of best national universities. georgetown comes in at 21. university of virginia is 24th. harvard and princeton are tied for no. 1, but when it comes to up and coming schools, george mason university in fairfax tops the list. >>> something
vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> you see them weekday nights here on wusa9 and in december david letterman will...
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vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens. >> lost in the glow of victory in new orleans was the injury to pierre garcon. the redskins made several moves this offseason which you can tip the cap to mike shanahan. one of them seems to be the acquisition of the former colts wide receiver. they hoped he would bring big plays. he has. last week he provided the biggest boom on bourbon street no. 88 dashing for 88 yards, but injured his foot. he ended up four catches for 109 yards. after the game he told me see you in st. louis, but he's been limited in practice. today coach shanahan says we're not sure yet if he's going to play. >> if he can go live with the pain, feels lik
vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens. >> lost in the glow of victory in new orleans...
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vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> you can expect up to 20 minutes of delays on several metro lines this weekend. on the green line that's because greenbelt station will be closed. shuttle buses will be in service around that station and there will be sections where trains will use just one track on the red, orange and blue lines and it's all slated to begin tomorrow night at 10:00. >>> the national transportation safety board made more than a dozen recommendations after that deadly crash on the red line three years ago and now metro says it's getting closer to those goals by checking another five of them off the list. >> reporter: i'm scott broom with metro riders at the greenbelt station wher
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romney and ryan are in den kneel. >> reporter: -- in denial. >> reporter: vice president biden spoke in ohio where a new poll shows president obama leading. his lead is half of what it was before the first two debates putting more pressure on both candidates to make this final debate count. >> joining me now from boca raton, florida with a preview of tonight's debate is washington bureau chief for u.s. d.a. susan -- "u.s.a. today" susan page. how have things changed for both of these candidates since they met at the first debate? >> the debate has had so much impact. before the first debate, barack obama was doing pretty we. the election was tilted in his direction. that hasn'ten the case since then. governor romney has made some real gains, especially aft first debate. at this moment, this contest could not be any closer. >> clearly foreign policy is at issue again tonight. what specifics do you expect both men to hone in on? >> i'm sure we're going to hear more about the benghazi attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans. still comers coming out abou
romney and ryan are in den kneel. >> reporter: -- in denial. >> reporter: vice president biden spoke in ohio where a new poll shows president obama leading. his lead is half of what it was before the first two debates putting more pressure on both candidates to make this final debate count. >> joining me now from boca raton, florida with a preview of tonight's debate is washington bureau chief for u.s. d.a. susan -- "u.s.a. today" susan page. how have things changed...
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congress member, paul ryan, is expected to accept his nomination as vice president tomorrow and romney himself addresses the convention and accepts his nomination thursday night. bruce leshan is in tampa as well anchoring a live web cast with u.s.a. today and bruce joins us live right now from inside the convention hall. bruce. >> reporter: hey derek. not wasting any time is absolutely right. mitt romney has just officially clinched the nomination of the republican party to the white house. plenty of screaming and hole hollering going on about that. the roll call continues. but how important is virginia in this? virginia's governor says it is the mother of patriots, the cradle of democracy, and it was a virginiaen who was the seconder of the nomination for mitt romney. >> i am so deeply honored and so proud to second the nomination of mitt romney for the office of president of the united states of america. >> so lots of questions about the general election tactics and folks are talking about mitt romney, perhaps taking a harder lin to move ahead in the polls that have been stuck 50/50.
congress member, paul ryan, is expected to accept his nomination as vice president tomorrow and romney himself addresses the convention and accepts his nomination thursday night. bruce leshan is in tampa as well anchoring a live web cast with u.s.a. today and bruce joins us live right now from inside the convention hall. bruce. >> reporter: hey derek. not wasting any time is absolutely right. mitt romney has just officially clinched the nomination of the republican party to the white...
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vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> now, 9sports with kristen berset. >> welcome back. we are live from nationals park. they are taking on their second game agnst the cubs. a lineup change tonight. bryce harper will not play. he just wanted to give his rookie a day off. that means jason worth moved to center. tyler will start in right. the nats didn't have too much time to celebrate last night's milestone win. they secured themselves a winning season. the first since coming to d.c. in the first since 1965 or d.c. baseball team. they won five of their last six games, but despite the success, the nats are making sure they don't get complacent. >> try to do more than you need to and try to play you
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. >>> right now mitt romney and paul ryan are wrapping up a campaign appearance in lancaster, pennsylvania. earlier in the day romney was in richmond for a rally of his own and asked the crowd if they think they're better off today than four years ago. >> with one out of six people living in poverty, with half our kids coming out of college not able to get a job or a college level job, this campaign has been focusing on saving -- his campaign has been focusing on saving big bird. my campaign is going to focus on saving the american family and getting good jobs and rising income together. >> president obama did not have any campaign appearances earlier today and tonight he's scheduled to head out to dinner with winners of a fundraising push for his reelection bid. >>> if you plan on voting in maryland, d.c. or virginia in the upcoming november election and have not registered to vote yet, you better get going. in virginia you only have until monday. tuesday is the deadline in maryland and in d.c. your only option at this point is to register in person at the election board headquarters, but
. >>> right now mitt romney and paul ryan are wrapping up a campaign appearance in lancaster, pennsylvania. earlier in the day romney was in richmond for a rally of his own and asked the crowd if they think they're better off today than four years ago. >> with one out of six people living in poverty, with half our kids coming out of college not able to get a job or a college level job, this campaign has been focusing on saving -- his campaign has been focusing on saving big bird....
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mitt romney and paul ryan plan to hold a rally in richmond tomorrow. president obama information charlottesville yesterday underscoring just how much of a battle ground the old dominion is and it's expected to be come november. >>> regardless of who wins the white house we do know one thing about january's inauguration. tap water will be available at this year's ceremonies. d.c. water's general manager sent congress a letter last week asking congress to serve tap water instead of bottled at the inauguration. his argument is the money it would save. since tap water costs a penny a gallon while bottled water costs 100 times more. >>> today is the start of the college football season, but coming your way at 7:00 on 9news why some fans are not cheering for an ohio state t- shirt which makes a little fun of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal, the story at 7:00. >>> still to come in this half hour after realizing her keys are missing during a trip to the casino, a maryland woman finds them in a scary and surprising way. >> and maryland's rainy day fund hit
mitt romney and paul ryan plan to hold a rally in richmond tomorrow. president obama information charlottesville yesterday underscoring just how much of a battle ground the old dominion is and it's expected to be come november. >>> regardless of who wins the white house we do know one thing about january's inauguration. tap water will be available at this year's ceremonies. d.c. water's general manager sent congress a letter last week asking congress to serve tap water instead of...
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vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. >>> caught on tape, a powerful earthquake shaking costa rica. the quake collapsed houses and prompted a tsunami warning. people ran into the street during the panic and one person reportedly died of a heart attack. simply from fear. >> lawyers for a new york strip club say they aren't claiming it's the same thing as ballet, but lap dancing should be subject to the same tax exceptions as artistic performances. new york state's highest court is hearing these today and an attorney for the club called night moon said it should qualify for an exception. a ruling is expected next month. >> dramatic performances. >> yes. they are. >> some money is pouring in from tourist
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vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our choices... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think that women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. mid gradedark roast rest fresh full tank brn freeze ca donettes rolling hot dogs baofce ti-freeze sh and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat juer cables cashback siupor% shback at gas stations through september. itays to discover. >>> it happened as they seized pit bull and evidence on the home of the 36-year-old. andrea mccaren is here to tell us more about what you have learned specifically about this suspect. not a nice guy. >> well, so far he has just been charged with one count of being an unfit animal owner, but if he is charged and convicted of running an illegal dog fighting ring, then he could face the stiff fines and years in prison. >> this dog, they look
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while romney raised campaign cash in texas. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> congressman ryan will be back in the battleground state of virginia tomorrow. he is planning a stop in roanoak. >>> cleared the way for the voter id to be in force. determined the law does not violate the federal voting rights act. under that law, a state resident who wishes to vote must present some identification. the law also makes more kinds of id acceptable, including a utility bill or check that shows the voters name and address. >>> still ahead, nasa is used to keeping its eyes to the skies. find out what its scientists missed on the ground of their own backyard. >>> our space agency may be looking to the stars, but a recent discovery in its own backyard is bringing it back to earth. ray walks us through his dinosaur discovery at the space flight center. >> what i found here is the back footprint of a large armored dinosaur. they had big nodes and real pointed items across their back and even sometimes up on their shoulders and some
while romney raised campaign cash in texas. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> congressman ryan will be back in the battleground state of virginia tomorrow. he is planning a stop in roanoak. >>> cleared the way for the voter id to be in force. determined the law does not violate the federal voting rights act. under that law, a state resident who wishes to vote must present some identification. the law also makes more kinds of id acceptable, including a utility bill or...
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does he have to convince people -- paul ryan's night. does he have to convince people he'sen as scary as people say he is and -- he's not as scary as people say is he and the plan from this ticket is one the country can embrace? >> if i understand from the campaign people, paul ryan is going to talk about how scary barack obama is. i couldn't think he's going to talk much about -- i don't think he's going to talk much about himself. a lot of people thought last night governor christie was going to do that. what we saw last night was some good sound political speech that was by chris christie but kind of pg rated. there's no question they dialed back. the person who stole the show here last night and really just captured the hearts of the people here at the convention was ann romney. she was just -- as speech goes, it was a good one, one of the best i've heard by politicians on either side of the aisle. so tonight is will be paul ryan's turn. he will take the fight to the democrats. then tomorrow night, of course, will be mitt romney's ni
does he have to convince people -- paul ryan's night. does he have to convince people he'sen as scary as people say he is and -- he's not as scary as people say is he and the plan from this ticket is one the country can embrace? >> if i understand from the campaign people, paul ryan is going to talk about how scary barack obama is. i couldn't think he's going to talk much about -- i don't think he's going to talk much about himself. a lot of people thought last night governor christie was...
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. >> reporter: mitt romney took the stage in wisconsin with one of that state's best known lawmakers. he picked up the endorsement of congressman paul ryan, a conservative known for taking a tough line on government spending. >> because in this man we have a person of conviction, we have a man with the right kind of experience. >> reporter: ryan joins a growing list of republican leaders lining up to support romney including former president george h.w. bush. despite that the former governor's chief rival rick santorum says he'll fight to the finish campaigning in wisconsin saying the obama administration keeps imposing rules that are killing jobs. >> i will eliminate every single one of those regulations on day one. >> reporter: santorum is trailing seven points behind romney in the latest wisconsin poll. newt gingrich is barely registering on the same survey. he's got just 8% of the vote. despite scaling back his campaign gingrich spent the day in wisconsin taking aim at president obama's job performance. >> here is the worst job creation record since the great depression. >> report
. >> reporter: mitt romney took the stage in wisconsin with one of that state's best known lawmakers. he picked up the endorsement of congressman paul ryan, a conservative known for taking a tough line on government spending. >> because in this man we have a person of conviction, we have a man with the right kind of experience. >> reporter: ryan joins a growing list of republican leaders lining up to support romney including former president george h.w. bush. despite that the...
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romney the nomination. he has to earn it. mitt romney is reaching out for every last vote in wisconsin. >> thank you, please. >> reporter: he's hoping to get a boost from popular congressman paul ryan. >> who would make the best president? that man is this man governor mitt romney. >> reporter: rick santorum enjoyed some famous wisconsin cheddar and he worked to get the cheesehead vote in appleton. >> if we can get a good vote out of wisconsin, a loud confident vote from conservatives, then we can go into this race and win this. >> i'm rick santorum and a prove this message. >> reporter: santorum launch -- and i approve this message. >> reporter: santorum launched a new ad that tried to criticize president obama on healthcare but is actually an attack on romney. >> what if i told you the man i'm talking about isn't him, it's him. >> reporter: santorum insists he is the best candidate to challenge president obama in america's heartland. the contest in wisconsin tuesday is shaping up to be his last chance to prove it. president
romney the nomination. he has to earn it. mitt romney is reaching out for every last vote in wisconsin. >> thank you, please. >> reporter: he's hoping to get a boost from popular congressman paul ryan. >> who would make the best president? that man is this man governor mitt romney. >> reporter: rick santorum enjoyed some famous wisconsin cheddar and he worked to get the cheesehead vote in appleton. >> if we can get a good vote out of wisconsin, a loud confident...
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romney's challenge tonight, relating to every day americans. at hofstra, the candidates can sit, but they walk around and approach the audience. paul ryan has confidence. >> the only way the president thinks he can win is if he can convince you to dislike mitt romney, so he can win by default. >> this time the questions come from the crowd. the debate moderator is permitted to follow up. i'm stacey cohen reporting. >> once the debate is done, governor romney will go to virginia for appearances in chesapeake and leesburg tomorrow. his running mate spent the day stumping. he is scheduled to hold a second event at 6:30. now in virginia, the race to replace jim webb in the senate is attracting a lot of outside attention. the washington examiner says outside political groups have dumped more money into the george allen and tim kaine campaigns than any other race in the country. kaine, the democrat, earned an endorsement from the washington post this morning. in maryland, challenger, john delany is tipping the fundraiser scales. that is in the 6th di
romney's challenge tonight, relating to every day americans. at hofstra, the candidates can sit, but they walk around and approach the audience. paul ryan has confidence. >> the only way the president thinks he can win is if he can convince you to dislike mitt romney, so he can win by default. >> this time the questions come from the crowd. the debate moderator is permitted to follow up. i'm stacey cohen reporting. >> once the debate is done, governor romney will go to...
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. >> the president and mitt romney will face foreign policy questions during their next debate in eight days. vice president joe biden and paul ryan will meet in kentucky for their one and only debate this thursday and we'll be right back. >>> disturbing new details about the failure rate for those tsa airport searches that anyone who flies has to suffer through. of confidential internal reports finds tsa screeners at one airport are missing far more oversized jails than they are catching. bruce leshan brings us the story. >> they renamed newark liberty in honor of the victims killed on 9/11 when terrorists took off from newark and other airports. now comes word in a secret report from the tsa itself that its new york screeners are failing to do what they are supposed to do to keep america safe. john is a law professor at gw. >> any of my students who get less than 75, uhll fail them. here, the tsa itself says that its agents failed 80, 85, 100% of the time. everybody should be scared and outraged. >> the tsa secret shoppers found screeners caught prohibited items and took appropriate a
. >> the president and mitt romney will face foreign policy questions during their next debate in eight days. vice president joe biden and paul ryan will meet in kentucky for their one and only debate this thursday and we'll be right back. >>> disturbing new details about the failure rate for those tsa airport searches that anyone who flies has to suffer through. of confidential internal reports finds tsa screeners at one airport are missing far more oversized jails than they are...
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republican running mate, paul ryan, was in roanoak this morning and at a rail lee, mitt romney is the leer. danielle nottingham has the latest. >> president obama sat down with a group of teachers at a north las vegas high school to talk about education. >> i know that you don't do it for the money. you are doing it because you really deeply care about these kids. >> the president is trying to portray his republican opponents as out of touch when it comes to the challenges teachers face in the classroom. at a rally in the school's gym, he said the gop's budget would cut teacher use jobs and children's programs like head start. >> i've got a question for governor romney. how many teachers jobs are worth another tax cut for millionaires and billionaires? >> a new associated press poll shows president obama and mitt romney neck and neck, both campaigns are focused in on a handful of battleground states to try to put together a win in november. >> mitt romney traveled to a factory in iowa wednesday where he had something to say about education. >> i hear the president say how he wants to
republican running mate, paul ryan, was in roanoak this morning and at a rail lee, mitt romney is the leer. danielle nottingham has the latest. >> president obama sat down with a group of teachers at a north las vegas high school to talk about education. >> i know that you don't do it for the money. you are doing it because you really deeply care about these kids. >> the president is trying to portray his republican opponents as out of touch when it comes to the challenges...
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mitt romney is taking a few days off from the campaign trail for the long weekend. his running mate congressman paul ryan held a rally in south carolina today. >>> a ground swell of support on twitter today for this guy, for clint eastwood's discussion with an empty chair during last week's republican national convention. the hashtag empty chair day was one of the top trending topics by mid-morning and was attached from everything to empty beanbags to empty lawn chairs with makeshift teleprompters. you can stay connected to everything related to the presidential campaign and of our local elections at www.wusa9.com -- and our local elections at www.wusa9.com. >>> it was an emotional day at edgewater, maryland, as the body of a navy seal killed in afghanistan returned home. people lined route 2 south of annapolis to honor naval special warfare officer first class patrick seeks and to support his family. scott broom was there. >> reporter: they turned out by the hundreds. the word spread on facebook and twitter starting late yesterday. >> it's very important for our co
mitt romney is taking a few days off from the campaign trail for the long weekend. his running mate congressman paul ryan held a rally in south carolina today. >>> a ground swell of support on twitter today for this guy, for clint eastwood's discussion with an empty chair during last week's republican national convention. the hashtag empty chair day was one of the top trending topics by mid-morning and was attached from everything to empty beanbags to empty lawn chairs with makeshift...
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it's ryan's biggest ever debate stage. he's talking of studying 40 pounds of paperwork as republicans try to build up biden's debate skills. >> i've known paul for a long, long time. he's always hit the ball out of park, but let me tell you something. this is his first time. joe biden has been doing this since the 1800ism. >> reporter: six new polls show the race tightened after the first presidential debate especially in battleground state of virginia, florida, ohio, wisconsin and colorado. it puts more pressure on candidates tonight. however -- >> if either of these candidates make it about them, i think they're making a mistake. this is about governor romney and president obama. i think they'll both focus on thatch. >> reporter: it's a dual challenge. steal the stage for tonight and set the stage for their running mates for the rest of the campaign. >> when the debate starts at 9:00 tonight, tune into wusa9 to hear what the candidates have to say. at the same time join us online at www.wusa9.com to read what usa today r
it's ryan's biggest ever debate stage. he's talking of studying 40 pounds of paperwork as republicans try to build up biden's debate skills. >> i've known paul for a long, long time. he's always hit the ball out of park, but let me tell you something. this is his first time. joe biden has been doing this since the 1800ism. >> reporter: six new polls show the race tightened after the first presidential debate especially in battleground state of virginia, florida, ohio, wisconsin and...
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anita. >> what about letting the american public get to know paul ryan? >> that's big, too. of course he is going to have his big speech on wednesday night and they are hoping that he can reach out to the heart land. the other thing is, these two guys together seem to feed off each other and make each other looser and more fun. so they are doing that, too. but absolutely. >> painting pictures of the running mates. we are so glad you are covering it for us. we'll see you soon. >>> once the republican and democratic conventions do hit their full stride, be sure to log on to wusa9.com and click on campaign 2012 to stay up to date on everything going on. >>> family of neil armstrong plans to hold a private funeral service this friday in cincinnati. armstrong died saturday. he was 82. he command the apollo11 mission in july of 1969 and became the first person to set foot on the moon. >>> still ahead, a new year means a new charter school in the district of columbia. we're going to take you there. president clinton: this election to me is about which... candidate is more likely to
anita. >> what about letting the american public get to know paul ryan? >> that's big, too. of course he is going to have his big speech on wednesday night and they are hoping that he can reach out to the heart land. the other thing is, these two guys together seem to feed off each other and make each other looser and more fun. so they are doing that, too. but absolutely. >> painting pictures of the running mates. we are so glad you are covering it for us. we'll see you soon....